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SCABBARD
Unique ID: HAMP-952070
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
The terminal of a scabbard chape. This type would originally have had a pair of arms extending from the sides of the chape, each terminating with a rivet. One side has an engraved diagonal cross, the other radiating lines. L. 16.6mm. W. 21.65mm-15.6mm. Th. 4.3mm. Wt. 5.11g.
Class: chape
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.6 mm
Width: 21.65 mm
Thickness: 4.3 mm
Weight: 5.11 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 23rd November 2003
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
To be known as: Kings Somborne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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